GOTerm

A GOTerm object represents a single term in the Gene Ontology.

Fields:

Field	Type	Description
id	str	GO term identifier (e.g., GO:0006397)
name	str	Human-readable name (e.g., mRNA processing)
namespace	str	Ontology namespace (biological_process, molecular_function, or cellular_component)
definition	str	Textual definition of the term
parents	list[str]	List of parent GO term IDs (is_a relationships)
children	list[str]	List of child GO term IDs (is_a relationships)
depth	int or None	Maximum distance to a root term (None if not computed)
level	int or None	Minimum distance to a root term (None if not computed)
is_obsolete	bool	True if the term is obsolete
alt_ids	list[str]	Alternative GO IDs for this term
replaced_by	str or None	If obsolete, the term that replaces this one
consider	list[str]	Suggested replacement terms if obsolete
synonyms	list[str]	List of synonyms
xrefs	list[str]	Cross-references to other databases
relationships	list[(str, str)]	Other relationships (e.g., part_of)
comment	str or None	Additional comments

class PyGOTerm

Bases: object

Python-exposed struct representing a GO term (for use in the Python API).

Fields

idstr

GO term identifier.

namestr

Human-readable name of the term.

namespacestr

Ontology namespace.

definitionstr

Textual definition of the term.

parentslist of str

List of parent GO term IDs.

childrenlist of str

List of child GO term IDs.

depthOptional[int]

Maximum distance to a root term.

levelOptional[int]

Minimum distance to a root term.

is_obsoletebool

True if the term is obsolete.

alt_idslist of str

Alternative GO IDs for this term.

replaced_byOptional[str]

If obsolete, the term that replaces this one.

considerlist of str

Suggested replacement terms if obsolete.

synonymslist of str

List of synonyms.

xrefslist of str

Cross-references to other databases.

relationshipslist of (str, str)

Other relationships (e.g., part_of).

commentOptional[str]

Additional comments.

alt_ids

children

comment

consider

definition

depth

id

is_obsolete

level

name

namespace

parents

relationships

replaced_by

synonyms

xrefs

import go3
go3.load_go_terms()
term = go3.get_term_by_id("GO:0006397")
print(term.name)
print(term.parents)